Thursday
Jun302011
Russian Championship Final: The Field is Set
Thursday, June 30, 2011 at 2:30AM
And what a field it is! Only eight players are involved, but six of the players are among the world's absolute elite:
- Sergey Karjakin (#4 in the world)
- Vladimir Kramnik (#5 in the world and the world champion from 2000 to 2007)
- Alexander Grischuk (recent runner-up in the Candidates' matches)
- Peter Svidler (5 times the Russian Champion; co-runner up in the 2005 FIDE World Championship)
- Ian Nepomniachtchi (the defending Russian champ)
- Alexander Morozevich (once as high as #2 on the rating list, and a 2-time Russian champ)
- Artyom Timofeev (at 2665 and going up he's a great player, but not in a field like this)
- Alexander Galkin (he won the World Junior Championship in 1999, but as a player whose best rating was 2624 he might have a difficult time even getting draws in this field)
The tournament will take place in August, and looks like it'll be a great event.
(HT: Chess Today)